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configuring Wicd for mobile broadcom ? [solved]
« Thread Started on May 15, 2011, 8:41am »

Hi there ! ... to everybody ! ...

now I have a .. ' HUAWEI E1756 HSPA USB Stick ' ! ...
and this Connection work fine with all my other netbooks ! ...

but how to configure ' Wicd ' for this USB Stick ? ...

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Re: configuring Wicd for mobile broadcom connectio
« Reply #1 on May 15, 2011, 4:02pm »

May 15, 2011, 8:41am, casey972oo wrote:

I too have a Wifi stick and it will not work with WICD. It's a different brand/model so it's not just your stick. Install network-manager-gnome from your Synaptic and use that, it will
recognize the Wifi stick right away. We are among the 5% that don't work with WICD.

Edit: You must have a wired connection to download the nmgnome.

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Re: configuring Wicd for mobile broadcom connectio
« Reply #2 on May 15, 2011, 4:18pm »

Ok ! .. Ok ! ... thanks for your reply ! ...

it was just an experiment ! ... of course my ' router ' did crash two-times allready while I run ' chromium ' ! ...
when I shutoff ' chromium ' ... the connection came back right away ! ...

that's why I did try my USB-Wifi-Stick ! ...

by the way ... which Stick is working with ' Wicd ' ? ...
maybe it needs to install ' usb-modeswitch ' ? ...

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Re: configuring Wicd for mobile broadcom connectio
« Reply #3 on May 15, 2011, 4:45pm »

May 15, 2011, 4:18pm, casey972oo wrote:

I tried usb-modeswitch and it did not work for me. I have a Netgear WG111v3, it works on laptop or desktop and will work on Apple Macs.

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« Reply #4 on May 15, 2011, 4:59pm »

Yeah ! ... the Question is ! ... which one don't work ... with the other ? ...

I mean ! ... is it the USB-Stick ? ... or is it ' Wicd ' ? ...

if it is ' Wicd ' ... I will replace it with ' network-manager ' ! ... (if possible) ...

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Re: configuring Wicd for mobile broadcom connectio
« Reply #5 on May 15, 2011, 6:15pm »

If you have an internet connection on your netbook you can switch over to network manager really easy by running aptitude install network-manager-gnome as root. This is safe and effective, it just uses more resources. But, will probably become the default in future image builds since it fixes most the reported networking problems here in the forums.

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Re: configuring Wicd for mobile broadcom connectio
« Reply #6 on May 15, 2011, 7:47pm »

Ok ! ... so I'll run ...

' sudo aptitude install network-manager-gnome ' ? ...

is that right ? ...

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Re: configuring Wicd for mobile broadcom connectio
« Reply #7 on May 15, 2011, 7:52pm »

May 15, 2011, 7:47pm, casey972oo wrote:

Ok ! ... so I'll run ...

' sudo aptitude install network-manager-gnome ' ? ...

is that right ? ...

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First 'su' to become Root, your password will not be visible.
then 'aptitude install network-manager-gnome'

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Re: configuring Wicd for mobile broadcom connectio
« Reply #8 on May 16, 2011, 3:58am »

Ok ! ... will do it like that ! ...

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Re: configuring Wicd for mobile broadcom connectio
« Reply #9 on May 16, 2011, 4:13am »

May 16, 2011, 3:58am, casey972oo wrote:

Ok ! ... will do it like that ! ...

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well the answer is ! ...

" couldnt find no package matching network-manager-gnome "

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Re: configuring Wicd for mobile broadcom connectio
« Reply #10 on May 16, 2011, 7:34am »

@casey972oo, Open Menu>System>Software Sources and change the "Download From:" to Main Server. See attached. Then try it again after closing and Reloading.

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Re: configuring Wicd for mobile broadcom connectio
« Reply #11 on May 16, 2011, 8:16am »

Hi there ! ... ' beardedragon ' ! ... it's checked like this ! ... " download from Main-Server " ! ...
I got ' network-manager-gnome ' installed already ! ...
and ' wicd ' removed ! ... just didn't try my USB-Stick jet ! ...

panni pwoblem ! .. with that ! ...

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Re: configuring Wicd for mobile broadcom ? [solved
« Reply #12 on May 16, 2011, 9:10am »

May 16, 2011, 8:16am, casey972oo wrote:

Well, that's one step in the right direction.

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Re: configuring Wicd for mobile broadcom ? [solved
« Reply #13 on May 16, 2011, 11:34am »

And USB-Stick works ! ... have a nice ' mobile-broadband-connection ' ! ... to go everywhere with it ! ...

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